If there’s one way to always get your bearings in the Dolomites it’s the dominating Sassolungo. Always look for that as your pivot point.
A big fat sharp shark tooth that juts up in the middle of a giant bowl in Val Gardena, ringed by equally dramatic m… https://t.co/aGXXdeoEdr
Soooooo... the Dolomites.
There’s a lot there.
If you haven’t heard about them yet, you will.
It’s a famous ski area; Summer was long considered Off Season. But now, everybody is discovering the secret of this place in summer. Go there before everybod… https://t.co/fvCEDWrcYw
Uhnd zen, after landing I did a little hour and a half jaunt down to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen area of Southern Bavaria for an easy stop before moving on to Italy.
Didn’t need to, really. It’s only a quick three hours to the Dolomites, but I flew over… https://t.co/wVLUNgEp4M
“Where should we go for lunch?” That’s how I always started my day in Provence. Some people think of brocantes (markets), or the moving Market Days to pick up produce, but I always start with where I’m going to eat.
La Veranda is(was) about the most per… https://t.co/nt8ognz5Ax
Here’s another from my “France From a Window” series, this one from a house in Provence I rented near Roussillon a few years back.
Nothing better than summer in Provence.
The sweet sunny mornings,
picking a different town to each Market Day,
browsing… https://t.co/WQrienDPls
Here’s another from my “France From a Window” series, this one from a room I had a few years ago high above the Arcachon Bay and Cap Ferret, an hour south of Bordeaux.
La Co(o)rniche is a restored 1930s Basque hunting lodge that sits high up in the pine… https://t.co/FVBto2XFwj
Here’s another from my “France From a Window” series, this one is special for what you can’t see.
You see, you’re looking out at Heaven on Earth, Domaine de Murtoli. This is one of a couple dozen ancient 17th Century shepherd’s houses sprinkled over a … https://t.co/bak1LVg1eO
Here’s another from my “France From a Window” series. From the lovely A Piattatella hotel in Northern Corsica:
Even better than the dinner view of my precious post, this is the view from the rooms... 😬. A Piattatella — which is a hoot to say in a P… https://t.co/Ydo5qVRzGy
I’d just gotten back from a private speedboat tour of the incredible #Scandola Nature Reserve on the coast of Corsica (you gotta check out that hashtag, it’s like the Grand Canyon on the water). I was sunburned and a little fuzzy after the wavy ride back… https://t.co/oRWBXWwGT2